The ability to move across multiple axes simultaneously is essential for automating warehouse systems such as palletizers and picking lines. Ball screw and belt driven linear units offer large spans and extremely long axes. They have high dynamics, long service life and require minimal maintenance.
The candy box machine - pick & place
Our candy box machine demonstrates a typical pick & place application. It consists of linear units that move along three axes. A gripper picks the candy boxes and moves them from a roller track to a conveyor belt.
The X-axis consists of a belt-driven linear unit, CTJ, while the Y- and Z-axis consist of two ball screw-driven linear units, CTV. Both CTJ and CTV also contain two parallel, backlash-free linear rail guides.
The linear units can easily be combined into various multi-axis systems.
Exciting project with industrial saw
Rollco's sales manager says that he often comes across solutions with multi-axis systems of linear units when he visits Rollco’s customers. This applies to automated solutions for warehouses and logistics, as well as to various types of machines. He tells us about an exciting new project with a customer, where wooden boards will be sawn while in motion using a three-axis linear unit system. The application involves a total of four linear units.
– This is the first time I've come across an application where the material is processed while it is in motion, it's exciting, he says.
– Purchasing a system that involves multiple linear units may initially seem complex. It is important that your supplier can support you all the way. Smart dimensioning tools, easy access to service manuals, and a service-minded salesperson, and you are all set, Rollco’s sales manager concludes.
Examples of XYZ applications in warehouse automation:
- Vertical storage lifts
- Packing stations
- Automatic stackers
- Palletizing robots
- Robot cells
- Industrial feeding units
